Anthony Rouault (born 29 May 2001) is a French professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

centre-back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...

for club

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V., commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's football team is currently part of Germany's first division, the Bundesliga. VfB Stu ...

Career

Rouault joined the youth academy of

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

in 2016. He made his professional debut with Toulouse in a 1–0

Ligue 2 Ligue 2 (, League 2), also known as Ligue 2 BKT due to sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by Balkrishna Industries, is a French professional football league. The league serves as the second division of French football and is one of two divisions ...

win over

Ajaccio Ajaccio (, , ; French: ; it, Aiaccio or ; co, Aiacciu , locally: ; la, Adiacium) is a French commune, prefecture of the department of Corse-du-Sud, and head office of the ''Collectivité territoriale de Corse'' (capital city of Corsica). ...

on 17 October 2020. On 1 September 2023, Rouault was loaned out to

until the end of the season. When Stuttgart's place in the 2024–25 Bundesliga was mathematically confirmed in March 2024, Rouault joined the German club automatically in a permanent deal with a contract until June 2027.

Career statistics

Honours

Toulouse * Coupe de France:

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: 2021–22 Individual * UNFP Ligue 2 Team of the Year: 2021–22

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Toulouse FC Profile
2001 births Living people People from Villeneuve-sur-Lot Sportspeople from Lot-et-Garonne Footballers from Nouvelle-Aquitaine French men's footballers Men's association football central defenders Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Championnat National 3 players Bundesliga players Toulouse FC players VfB Stuttgart players French expatriate men's footballers French expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Germany {{France-footy-defender-2000s-stub